Wang Pao and the officers and soldiers of the motorcycle squadron happened to be at the rear of the enemy, so they commanded the team members to outflank the Japanese army in three directions, and then launched an attack on the Japanese army.
Under the attack of the special operations squadron, the number of Japanese troops continued to decrease. Before Wang Pao and others arrived, they no longer had the advantage. Wang Pao and others suddenly attacked from behind, catching them off guard and throwing them into disarray.
When Monk Wei saw Wang Pao and others arriving, he immediately commanded the special operations squadron to attack the enemy. Soon after, the remaining Japanese troops were completely annihilated.
After Monk Wei and Wang Pao reunited, they sent a telegram to Xu Dalong.
At this time, Xu Dalong had left the battle and commanded his troops to fight in the streets with the Japanese army. After receiving the telegram from Wei Monk and Wang Pao, he ordered them to attack the Japanese troops near the North Gate.
After the Japanese special forces withdrew, Yamamoto Kazuki counted the number of people, and the result made him very depressed. After this stage of the battle, a total of 14 members of the special agent team were injured or killed. He brought 45 people with him, and the casualties had reached one-third.
Yamamoto Kazuki has led the special agent team through countless battles, and this time the casualties were the most serious.
Yamamoto Kazuki's original order was to cooperate with the Sasaki Alliance to capture Ping'an County, rescue Kazuo Shimizu, stay in Ping'an County, and find the batch of arms hidden on Cuiyun Peak.
Yamamoto Kazuki has his own ideas. He was really not interested in the previous tasks. He had already heard about Xu Dalong's power. His main goal this time was to find Xu Dalong and eliminate him.
But the current situation is very confusing, and it is temporarily impossible to find Xu Dalong.
Seeing that his men suffered such heavy casualties, he had a bad feeling, so he decided to retreat and wait for the special agent team to rest before looking for Xu Dalong.
Kazuki Yamamoto called a nearby officer under Sasaki and asked him to tell Sasaki that he was taking the wounded back to rest.
Then he led the agents out of the county town, to the place where the war horses were stored, mounted the horses and evacuated towards Taiyuan City.
Excellent soldiers are often highly sensitive to danger. This sensitivity is unreasonable and relies on intuition and rich combat experience. Li Yunlong and Xu Dalong are like this, and Yamamoto Kazuki is also like this. This feeling can help them avoid danger at the most critical moment.
Yamamoto Kazuki's intuition was correct. Shortly after he led the special agent team to evacuate, Sun Desheng had already led the brigade to outflank the Sasaki United team.
The ones who arrived before Sun Desheng and others were Wei Monk's special operations squadron and Wang Pao's motorcycle squadron. They arrived near the north gate and launched an attack on the Japanese army from the side and rear.
When Sasaki first entered the city, the progress was relatively smooth. They continued to launch attacks, causing the guerrillas to retreat steadily.
After 40 minutes of fighting, the Japanese army occupied one-third of the northern third of Pingan County.
Then the battle entered a stalemate stage. The Japanese army and the guerrillas fought fiercely around every street and every building. The guerrillas were unable to recapture the North Gate, but the Japanese army found it very difficult to continue their attack.
Sasaki originally thought that this sneak attack was very secretive, and with the cooperation of Yamamoto's special agent team, he should be able to quickly capture the county seat. Unexpectedly, the battle would end like this, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, because Ping'an County is only a few dozen kilometers away from Guancheng County, the core area of the Mawu Mountain Base. If Ping'an County cannot be captured quickly, once the Mawu Mountain guerrillas When reinforcements arrive, the Japanese army is likely to be annihilated.
Sasaki called his three brigade captains and gave them a death order. They must capture Shang'an Ping'an County before 7 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The captains of the Japanese army also knew that the situation was serious. After returning to their respective units, they immediately commanded their troops to start a fierce attack.
The anti-Japanese armed forces guarding Ping'an County were mainly a regiment of the Independent Brigade, as well as a small number of troops directly affiliated with the Mawushan guerrillas. If they were in a field battle, they would not be able to stop the attack of the Sasaki Regiment. Fortunately, this is a county with complex terrain. They relied on the buildings to engage in street battles with the Japanese army and would not be defeated by the enemy.
With the fierce attack of the Japanese army, the anti-Japanese armed forces continued to shrink their positions, and the Japanese army gradually occupied half of the city.
At this moment, Wei Monk's special operations squadron and Wang Pao's motorcycle squadron launched an attack on the Japanese army.
Xu Dalong's ears were very keen. Although the city was full of gunfire, he still heard the fierce gunfire coming from outside the north gate.
He shouted loudly: "Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived, and the little devils will not be able to hold on anymore. Beat them hard, don't let these little devils escape."
After hearing the good news, the morale of the guerrillas and the officers and soldiers of the Independent Brigade was greatly boosted. They no longer retreated, but launched an attack on the enemy.
Sasaki also heard the gunshots coming from outside the city and was worried.
However, after listening carefully, he found that the number of guerrillas who came to attack the Japanese army was not large, so he once again divided a small force to entangle the troops of Wei Monk, Wang Pao and others, and ordered his troops to continue to follow the guerrillas. Engage in street fighting.
At this time, based on the progress of the battle, he had realized that the guerrillas in the city were not as strong as his own unit. He firmly believed that as long as he continued to fight, he would be able to annihilate the enemy and occupy Ping'an County in a few hours.
After the officers and soldiers of the Independent Brigade and the guerrillas launched a counterattack against the Japanese army, they were beaten back by the Japanese army again. Facing the fierce Japanese attack, the soldiers gradually felt a sense of despair.
Xu Dalong was also a little worried. He was afraid that if the fighting continued, the officers and soldiers of the Independent Brigade would collapse.
Just when he was trying to boost morale, real reinforcements finally arrived.
Sun Desheng led eight cavalry squadrons over. They set up artillery and machine guns, and first launched a fierce attack on the Japanese troops outside the city gate who had not yet entered the city.
The Japanese troops suffered heavy casualties and fled into the city in panic. While they held the north gate, they sent people to report to Sasaki.
Sun Desheng commanded the cavalry troops to use artillery to blast the Japanese troops near the north gate, and then organized the troops to launch an attack.
Monk Wei led the special operations squadron and Wang Pao's motorcycle squadron to approach the city wall. They used the same method as the Yamamoto special agent team to climb the city wall and launched an attack along the root of the city wall in the direction of the north gate.
Sasaki heard the fierce sound of artillery and gunfire coming from outside the city, and guessed that a large enemy force had arrived.
Sure enough, the news from the outside made him feel a little broken. They had been surrounded by guerrillas.
At the beginning, Sasaki still admired the battle plan formulated by his superiors. Now, he couldn't help cursing his superiors for being so stupid and sending the Sasaki Alliance into the tiger's mouth.
This time, the officers and soldiers of the Independent Brigade and the guerrillas who were fighting fiercely with the Japanese army did not need Xu Dalong to boost their morale. They all heard the fierce gunfire outside the city and knew that reinforcements had arrived. The morale of the officers and soldiers was greatly boosted, and they launched another attack on the Japanese army.
Soon after, the guerrillas outside the city and Wei Monk worked together to capture the north gate. The guerrilla officers and soldiers rushed into the north gate and started a fierce street battle with the Japanese army.
Sasaki realized the danger. He wanted to lead his troops to withdraw from Pingan County, but he could not do so. He knew that the Mawushan guerrillas had a large number of cavalry, and rushing out of the county would be equivalent to death. So he led his troops to hold on to the occupied city, used buildings to engage in fierce battles with the guerrilla officers and soldiers, and then reported the situation here to his superiors and requested tactical guidance.
Fujiwara received a telegram from Sasaki, and he felt very headache. Sasaki was surrounded by enemy troops in Ping'an County, and of course he wanted to send troops to rescue him. However, Yucheng is far away from Ping'an County. Most of the vehicles of the 108th Division were given to the Sasaki Regiment. Such a long distance is impossible on foot.
He was unable to find so many vehicles for a while, so he could only send a telegram to Chiba Xunyi, asking him to send troops to rescue the Sasaki Regiment.
Qianye Xunyi didn't dare to provoke the Mawushan guerrillas at all, so he found various reasons to prevaricate.
Fujiwara Konichi was very angry, so he took the lawsuit to Yoshio Shinozuka and asked him to give orders to Chiba and quickly send troops to rescue the Sasaki Regiment.
Yoshio Shinozuka sent a telegram to Chiba Xunichi, asking him to send the main force of the 32nd garrison division to Ping'an County to rescue the Sasaki Regiment.
Chiba Xunichi sent a telegram back to Shinozuka Yoshio, saying that many members of the Mawushan guerrillas were found outside Lingao City. It was very possible that the Mawushan guerrillas' tactic was to encircle the point for reinforcements and use the surrounded Sasaki. The regiment lured the 32nd garrison division to dispatch troops to rescue, and then conducted an ambush on the way.
He believed that the combat effectiveness of the 32nd garrison division was simply incapable of competing against the Mawushan guerrillas alone. If they reluctantly went to Ping'an County, not only would they not be able to save the Sasaki regiment, they would probably also cause heavy losses to the 32nd garrison division.
Yoshio Shinozuka believed that what Chiba Xunichi said was reasonable. However, according to the tradition of the Japanese army, it was necessary to rescue the besieged troops, and he was unwilling to bear this responsibility. Fujiwara Konichi had a great background. If he made this guy angry, and the complaint reached the Japanese army's base camp, it would be enough for him, Shinozuka Yoshio, to drink a pot.
Yoshio Shinozuka is cunning and cunning, so he naturally has a way to deal with Konichi Fujiwara.
He sent a telegram to Chiba Xunyi, telling him that he must rescue the Sasaki Alliance, and if there were any difficulties, let him find a way to solve them himself.
Chiba Xunichi is a veteran, and he understood from the lines of the telegram sent by Yoshio Shinozuka that Yoshio Shinozuka had decided to abandon the Sasaki United. He was hinting to Chiba Xunyi to find a suitable excuse to shirk responsibility for the 32nd garrison division not sending troops to rescue the Sasaki Regiment.
Chiba Xunyi had to act like this, so he began to order the troops to assemble. The gathering process was very long, and several hours passed before the leading troops left Lingao City.
They were dawdling on the road. Seven or eight hours had passed, and the troops had not left Lingao City more than 10 kilometers away.
Chiba Xunyi sent the vanguard troops to conduct long-distance reconnaissance, telling them that as soon as they saw the shadow of the Mawushan guerrillas, they would immediately withdraw their troops to Lingao City.
In Ping'an County, the enemy and we are equally powerful, and the battle has reached a stalemate.
Sasaki's mood became more and more anxious. The reinforcements he had been waiting for for a long time never arrived.
What happened next made him completely despair. At 4 o'clock in the morning, Wang Chengzhu led a brigade to the county seat, immediately rushed into the city and joined the battle. The guerrillas were outnumbered and continuously compressed the area defended by the Japanese army. After a fierce battle, just as Sasaki expected, the battle ended before 7 o'clock in the morning.
However, the final winner was not Sasaki. More than 3,000 officers and soldiers under him turned into cold corpses, and he himself and more than 300 Japanese officers and soldiers became prisoners of the guerrillas.
Facts have proved that every time Xu Dalong captured Japanese soldiers, did not mistreat them, and released them, it had a subtle effect on the Japanese soldiers around Mawu Mountain. Otherwise, given the tenacious fighting spirit of the Japanese army, it would be impossible for so many Japanese officers and soldiers to become prisoners.
Xu Dalong still quickly released Sasaki and his officers and soldiers this time, but he made conditions for the Japanese 108th Division, asking them to hand over 50,000 yuan, and then took the people back.
The battle in Ping'an County was won, but neither Xu Dalong, Zhao Gang, nor the rest of the guerrillas were happy.
This time the battle was a bit too chaotic, and the underground anti-Japanese armed forces suffered heavy casualties again.
This time, the officers and soldiers of the Mawushan guerrillas suffered a total of more than 270 casualties, the officers and soldiers of the Independent Brigade suffered more than 380 casualties, and the civilians in the city also suffered more than 300 casualties.
The lessons are painful. At the summary meeting held after the war, Xu Dalong took the initiative to take responsibility and made self-criticism, admitting that he failed to accurately judge the Japanese attack this time. As a result, the battle was very passive, resulting in many unnecessary consequences. of casualties.
He said that he would report the matter to the military region and request the head of the military region to punish him.
Xu Dalong's sincere attitude won the understanding of the participants.
Zhao Gang said: "Captain, the kid has played so many tricks. Without accurate information, errors in judgment are inevitable. Moreover, the Yamamoto special agent team unexpectedly appeared. We did not have any intelligence in advance, so the losses caused , I cannot entirely blame you. If I have to take responsibility, I also have a responsibility. I should also have thought that the Japanese army would never give up on tracing that batch of arms. At that time, I should have suggested that the main force of the guerrillas and tank troops be transferred to Ping An. Come to the county seat, then the battle won’t be so difficult.”
Sun Desheng, Wang Chengzhu, Wang Limin, Gao Zhiyong, Huang Jingzhong and others believed that Xu Dalong was not to blame for this incident. Thanks to Xu Dalong being here, otherwise, not only would it be difficult to achieve the final victory, but Ping'an County would have been lost long ago. The guerrillas and the independent brigade Officers and soldiers will suffer greater losses.
Faced with everyone's trust in him, Xu Dalong was very moved. He said that he will further strengthen intelligence work in the future. At the same time, when fighting the Japanese and puppet troops, he must think about the situation more complexly, consider the problem more forward-looking, and try to avoid a passive situation like this battle.
Xu Dalong and Zhao Gang wrote a summary of the battle in Ping'an County and reported it to the Taiyue Military Region Headquarters. They also notified the news of the appearance of Yamamoto Kazuki's special agents in Ping'an County, reminding the military region and headquarters to beware of the Japanese special forces. attack.
After receiving the report from the Mawu Mountain guerrillas, the commander also attached great importance to the appearance of the Yamamoto special agent team. On the one hand, he reported this information to the headquarters, and on the other hand, he also informed the troops of the Taiyue Military Region.
After Li Yunlong heard the news, he was very excited. When he succeeded Kong Jie as the leader of the independent regiment, he had been holding back his energy to clean up Yamamoto Kazuki's special agent team, but he never had the chance.
Hearing that the Yamamoto Agent Team had appeared again, he sent a telegram to Xu Dalong, saying that if the Yamamoto Agent Team was discovered, don't forget to notify the New Brigade. Li Yunlong would personally participate in the battle to annihilate the Yamamoto Agent Team.
Among the various units of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces, if the one who hates Yamamoto's special agent team the most is Kong Jie. Kong Jie was caught off guard by Yamamoto Kazuki and was made disgraced. If Li Yunlong hadn't interceded for him, he would have gone to the headquarters to work as a groom.
He had long wanted to deal with Kazuki Yamamoto, but he never had the chance. Hearing that Yamamoto Kazuki finally appeared in Shanxi again, he immediately sent a telegram to Xu Dalong, telling him that if he saw Yamamoto's special agent team, he must inform him, and he would personally chop Yamamoto Kazuki with a big knife to avenge him. Arrow revenge.
Ever since the news about Yamamoto Kazuki, Kong Jie couldn't let go.
He thought over and over again and thought that when Yamamoto Kazuki appeared in Ping'an County, he must be heading for Xu Dalong.
So he sent another telegram to Xu Dalong, asking him to be careful. Nowadays, the Mawushan guerrillas, especially Xu Dalong, are a thorn in the side and flesh of the Japanese army. The Japanese army will definitely use various conspiracies against Xu Dalong. He believed that the Yamamoto special agent team would definitely go to the Mawushan base area and secretly assassinate Xu Dalong.
The more Kong Jie thought about it, the more he believed that his analysis and judgment was correct. He was eager to eliminate Yamamoto Kazuki. After sending a telegram to Xu Dalong, he ran to the military region headquarters to see the commander.
Kong Jie's station was more than 20 miles away from the headquarters of the military region. The commander was a little surprised when he saw Kong Jie, thinking that something important must have happened. Otherwise, he will call and ask for instructions.
The commander asked: "Kong Jie, do you have anything important to do with me?"
Kong Jie said: "Commander, Xu Dalong is in danger in the Mawu Mountain base area, and the Yamamoto special agent team must be targeting him when they appear there.
Xu Dalong has repeatedly made military exploits and contributed a lot to the development of our military region, but we cannot let him have an accident. I request to take the New Second Brigade to the Mawushan base area to help Xu Dalong repel the Japanese and puppet troops' attack and ensure his safety. "
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